United States v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 123 · 1990
Citation profile
56 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably United States v. Lambey (1992), United States v. Saucedo (1991)
56 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3571 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 18 U.S.C. § 473
Relies on Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · Bauer v. Waldschmidt · American Petrofina Co. v. Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union Local No. 4-23 · Anderson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Bersani v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“basing a sentence on the wrong Guideline range.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Plain errors or defects affecting substantial rights may be noticed although they were not brought to the attention of the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.